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BL
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1001672
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b756042
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| Title & Author
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Economics and happiness : : framing the analysis /\ [edited by] Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0191536709
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: 0191603007
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: 0199286280
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: 1423757300
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: 9780191536700
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: 9780191603006
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: 9780199286287
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: 9781423757306
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9780191536700
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Building a better theory of well-being / Richard A. Easterlin -- Does absolute income matter? / Richard H. Frank -- Correspondence of sentiments: an explanation of the pleasure of social interaction / Robert Sugden -- Testing theories of happiness / Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer -- Rethinking public economics: the implications of rivalry and habit / Richard Layard -- Mill between Aristotle and Bentham / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Happiness and political philosophy: the case of Nancy Mitford versus Evelyn Waugh / Matt Matravers -- The connection between the old and new approaches to financial satisfaction / Bernard M.S. van Praag -- Towards a theory of self-segregation as a response to relative deprivation: steady-state outcomes and social welfare / Oded Stark and You Qiang Wang -- Happiness in hardship / Ruut Veenhoven -- The evolution of caring / Charlotte D. Phelps -- Happiness and individualism: a very difficult union / Stefano Zamagni -- Paradoxes of happiness in economics / Luigi Pasinetti.
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| Abstract
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'Economics and Happiness' provides an overview of happiness studies to date, with a special emphasis on its relationship with economic thought. The book presents the reader with a conceptual framework for a critical understanding of happiness studies and its relationship with economics.
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Economics-- Philosophy.
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Economics-- Psychological aspects.
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Economics.
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Happiness-- Economic aspects.
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Happiness.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Theory.
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Economics-- Philosophy.
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Economics-- Psychological aspects.
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Economics.
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Economische aspecten.
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Geluk.
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Happiness-- Economic aspects.
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Happiness.
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Tevredenheid.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.01
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| LC Classification
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HB74.P8E326 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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Bruni, Luigino,1966-
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Porta, Pier Luigi.
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